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A Private Spy: The Letters of John le Carré 1945-2020 by John le Carré
Category: Biography
A collection of letters from John le Carré, one of the greatest British novelists of our time, and a fabulous letter writer, spanning decades from his childhood, to the Cold War to his final years John le Carré was one of the greatest novelists of his generation. He also had an extraordinary life. A Pr ...Show more
A Small Town in Germany by John le Carré
Category: Fiction | Series: Penguin Modern Classics Ser.
West Germany, a simmering cauldron of radical protests, has produced a new danger to Britain: Karfeld, menacing leader of the opposition. At the same time Leo Harting, a Second Secretary in the British Embassy, has gone missing - along with more than forty Confidential embassy files. Alan Turner of the ...Show more
Absolute Friends by John le Carré
Category: Fiction | Series: Penguin Modern Classics Ser.
The friends of the title are Ted Mundy, a British soldier's son born in 1947 in a newly independent Pakistan, and Sasha, the refugee son of an East German Lutheran pastor and his wife who have sought sanctuary in the West.The two men meet first as students in riot-torn West Berlin of the late Sixties an ...Show more
Agent Running in the Field: A BBC 2 Between the Covers Book Club Pick by John le Carré
Category: Fiction
Nat, a 47 year-old veteran of Britain's Secret Intelligence Service, believes his years as an agent runner are over. He is back in London with his wife, the long-suffering Prue. But with the growing threat from Moscow Centre, the office has one more job for him. Nat is to take over The Haven, a defunct ...Show more
Agent Running in the Field - A Novel by John le Carré
Category: Crime Fiction
"[Le Carré's] novels are so brilliant because they're emotionally and psychologically absolutely true, but of course they're novels." --New York Times Book Review A thrilling tale for our times from the undisputed master of the spy genre Nat, a 47 year-old veteran of Britain's Secret Intelligence Se ...Show more
Agent Running in the Field - A Novel by John le Carré (Read by)
Category: Audio
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'No other writer has charted - pitilessly for politicians but thrillingly for readers - the public and secret histories of his times' Guardian ________________________________ Nat, a 47 year-old veteran of Britain's Secret Intelligence Service, believes his years as an agent ...Show more
Call for the Dead by John le Carré
Category: Fiction | Series: The\Smiley Collection
After a routine security check by George Smiley, civil servant Samuel Fennan apparently kills himself. When Smiley finds Circus head Maston is trying to blame him for the man's death, he begins his own investigation, meeting with Fennan's widow to find out what could have led him to such desperation. Bu ...Show more
Call for the Dead by John le Carré
Category: Fiction
A beautiful 60th anniversary special edition of the novel that introduced the world to George Smiley, now with a new introduction by John le CarreAfter a routine security check by George Smiley, civil servant Samuel Fennan apparently kills himself. When Smiley finds Circus head Maston is trying to blame ...Show more
John Le Carre, Novels: Volume 1 by John le Carré
Category: Fiction
"A boxset of John le CarrU's first five novels, collected together for the first time. They are- Call for the Dead A Murder of Quality The Spy Who Came in from the Cold The Looking Glass War A Small Town in Germany"
Our Game by John le Carré
Category: Fiction | Series: The\Penguin John le Carré Hardback Collection
Le Carré's post-Cold War masterpiece, filled with suspense, betrayal, desire and drama The Cold War is over and retired secret servant Tim Cranmer has been put out to pasture, spending his days making wine on his Somerset estate. But then he discovers that his former double agent Larry - dreamer, diss ...Show more
Our Kind of Traitor by John le Carré
Category: Fiction
In John le Carré's electrifying novel Our Kind of Traitor, innocents abroad are drawn into the darkest recesses of the financial world. Britain is in the depths of recession. A left-leaning young Oxford academic and his barrister girlfriend take an off-peak holiday on the Caribbean island of Antigua. B ...Show more
Our Kind of Traitor by John le Carré
Category: Fiction
Soon to be a major motion picture starring Ewan McGregor, Naomie Harris, Stellan Skarsg rd, and Damian Lewis. In the wake of the collapse of Lehmann Brothers and with Britain on the brink of economic ruin, a young English couple takes a tennis vacation in Antigua. There they meet Dima, a Russian who sty ...Show more